Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-24
FLAMING FIREBRANDS
Devastation of the Fiery Ele.
ment on Main Street Prop
erty Last Night.
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth
of Property Gone Up in a
Cloud Of Smoke.
Huffman's Gallery and Reming-
toms Livery Stable Among
the Things OF the Past.
SECOND OF THE SERIES.

SECOND OF THE SERIES.
No. Sweeps the Buildings on Main street
From Anderson's shack 10 Browns Llv-
cry stable.
Told You sol" These were the
words that greeted the ears of Q JOUR-
NAL man ~ he made his way TO thu
scene of the confagration last evening,
and the fallacy of previous reasoning
of the fatalists that one fire IL followed
by two Others which we recently en-
desvored to disprove, was thus rudely
shattered. Where will II strike again +?
Shortly before s o'clock last evening
fire was discovered In the dwelling
house next Remington's liver, barn
on the east The house was occupied
by Miss Stiles and was used as q
millinery establishment and d dwelling.
No one being at home,-as afterwsrd
learned, the dwelleis were attending
services ut The Presby byterian churc -
the door was quickly broken In by the
first arrivals on the scene, and the
house WAS then 30 full Of smoke and
the fire under such headwsy that it
was impossible to save much Of any
thing. AS soon ss this fact was made
known, Riley Miller, who operates
the livery barn, made all haste TO get
the horses and vehicles out Of the
barn, aud plenty of time was had for
the removal OF everything IL was pos.
sible to save, much Of the baled hay in
the loft being ssvvd. Attention was
next directed to the Huffman photo
graph gallery. adjoining the house in
which the fire originated, and il
being then too late to save the build
ing, such material ss could be
easily removed was Carried to
u place of safety and this building
too consigned to the fiames. Ander-
sons log shack the next iD or.
der east. was damaged to some extent
aud outbuilfings destroyed, but here
the fire was stayed. BY great efforts
Charlie Browns livery lstable, around
the corner from Remington's, was res
cued from the flames, the fire catching
several times, but willing hands soon
extingished IL, and his loss IL, If any
thing. trifiing. The fire is supposed To
have originated from a heating stove
on the first floor OF the milliner's house
and could possibly have been extin.
guished If discovered ten minutes
sooner. II was q hot fire and quick
one, the heat from the stable. as soon NJ
the fire took hold upon the loose hay
In the loft and burst through the rooi
was intense and made the frame tuild.
ings on the other side of the street
smoke, and peeled the paint. A. ].
Maxwell's brick block directly oppo.
site, was subjected TO the intense heat
and one OF the plate glass windows
was cracked and the trimmings prob.
ably damaged, but that was the
extent OF II. Pat GAllagher's
brick was directly In line Of
the flames. although across
the street. and the fire proof shutter
were adjusted at the first alarm Of fire
and bis damage is nothing. Th,
pump on that corner was WORKED
throughout the confagration, and {
constant stream Of water thrown upor
such places as we're most In danger
and to this Is due the safety of Brown
livery stable. The fire occurring st
early In the evening, was visited and
watched throughout Its course
Of destruction by hundreds and many
Q helping hand was extended
the greatest trouble. apparently beiDe
that theh happened not to be enough
work for the anxious aud willing
labor. The electric light wire wal
strung along that side Of the street
and though two poles were burned
the circuit remained uubroken, the
same being . source OF qualification tc
Superintendent Ullman and his able
assistant. Bill Long, who was bidding
for dozen boys to throw snowballs al
the cross-pieces and could hardly bs
restrained from climbing the charred
and burning pole to put the fire out
which had taken hold upon the cross
piece. A fire department fully equip
ped could have confined the flames "a
the building In which II originated
Our fire department ls In the whence
ness Of the unknowable. Losses by
this nrs will probably aggregate 5000
divided a foIlovs.